Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 7. If I did, neither Sephiroth nor Zack would have died in the end and Tifa wouldn't have been so annoying.

When I wrote this I hadn't played the game yet, so I hope it fits in well with the game. My computer didn't have the right graphic card so the game froze half way through…

P.s. If you are homophobic in any way or do not like a Cloud and Sephiroth pairing than this story is not for you and you should click the back button on your screen. You have been warned.

Chapter 1 – Rich Transfer Student

"Cloud!" a long brown haired girl shouted as she rushed down the hall. She was chasing after a boy with blond spike like hair. The boy ignored her and continued to walk past the other students until she caught up with him.

"Why didn't you wait?" she questioned.

"I don't have time, Tifa. I have to get to class," Cloud Strife answered as he continued on his way. Tifa puffed up her cheeks, clearly insulted that Cloud wasn't paying any attention to her.

"Let's go together!" she exclaimed as she grabbed her bag from her locker and rushed back to Cloud's side. The boy didn't answer and walked forward into his classroom. They both took seats at the back of the class and waited for the other students to arrive. Tifa leaned towards Cloud.

"How did your mission go?" she whispered into his ear. Cloud only grunted in response, which she took as a positive answer. Only a handful of people knew, but Cloud was actually a high level assassin. His code name was SOLDIER and almost everyone wanted to have him on his or her side.

A group of girls entered the classroom together. They all giggled and sat down at the front. One of them rushed to Cloud and sat in front of him. She had braided light brown hair and she was wearing a pink pair of pants and a pink t-shirt.

"Hello Aeris," Cloud greeted formally. This girl, Aeris Gainsborough, was a very popular girl, but she had an obvious fascination about Cloud, who was a quiet boy who disliked attention.

"Did you hear?" she questioned. Cloud looked up from his books.

"What?" he asked.

"There's a new transfer student coming to this university. I hear he's supposed to be really rich," she stated. Tifa gave the other girl an odd look.

"Transfer student?" she repeated, "Isn't it a bit late for a transfer student to be coming at this time?"

"It's supposed to be a "hush, hush" thing, but it's such an uncommon thing that the whole school knows. What do you think Cloud?" Aeris asked as she looked at the blond assassin. Aeris knew about Cloud's secret, but she was very good at keeping it.

"I could care less," he murmured. The teacher came in and stood in front of the room. It was a robot that had a weird form. It was a cat standing on some strange winged beast. The funny thing was that this robot, Cait Sith, was their history teacher. Tifa leaned over Cloud again.

"It's ironic that the history teacher is a robot when no one else wanted the job. I guess they were desperate," she whispered. Cloud turned to her and glared.

"Can you stop talking to me," he ordered. Tifa sighed and turned around to listen to the teacher. Suddenly 3 students rushed into the room. Cait Sith turned to them.

"You're late!" he exclaimed. There were two male students and one female.

"Sorry!" the female exclaimed as she saluted.

"Stop sucking up Yuffie!" yelled the black haired male. The other male remained quiet and then silently made his way to the remaining seat beside Cloud.

"Zack! You're so mean!" Yuffie yelled as she punched him in the face and rushed to the seat beside Aeris. Zack rubbed his sore cheek and went to the seat beside Aeris that remained. Cait Sith began to teach again. Cloud looked at the longhaired boy beside him.

"Why were you late Vincent?" he questioned.

"They had another fight in the halls," he whispered as he pointed to Yuffie and Zack. Cloud rolled his eyes and then turned to the teacher and began to listen to the long boring lecture.

When the bell rang two hours later, Cloud grabbed his things and began to make his way to his next class. The others followed his sullenly.

"Look here! If it isn't Blondie and his group of Lackeys," someone shouted loudly. Cloud sighed and turned around, knowing that the taunting wouldn't stop until he was acknowledged. Cloud came face to face with a blond haired man with a white suit and trench coat.

"Rufus! Why don't you leave us alone?" Tifa screamed loudly, "Just because your father is the principal of the school doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!"

"In this world, power is everything," Rufus stated.

"Do you want to fight?" Yuffie exclaimed. She tried to lunge forward, but Vincent grabbed her hand and held her back. Cloud turned away and began to walk away. All of a sudden, a shiver ran up his spine and he stopped. He looked around calmly and frowned.

"What's wrong?" Aeris asked as she noticed the change in the blond boy. Cloud held his head.

"It's nothing," he murmured. For some reason, he had just gotten a headache and there was a huge pounding noise in his ears. They rushed to class and Cloud hastily went to his seat before his head decided to split open.

"Cloud?" Tifa asked.

"It's nothing," he whispered painfully. He closed his eyes and leaned his head on his desk before sighing. Behind his eyelids he could see a scene that he felt was familiar to him.

A boy that looked like him was talking to someone who looked like Zack. Suddenly the look alike Zack pointed to something and Cloud turned around to look. There was a man with long silver hair walking past him. He had green eyes with a strange glow and was wearing a black trench coat with some other black clothes. The stranger looked at Cloud and then suddenly the image disappeared.

In reality, Cloud's eyes snapped open and a wave of dizziness hit him. He looked up and saw a pair of identical green eyes before he dropped unconsciously to the ground.

"Sephiroth is so cool!" Zack exclaimed. He pointed at the general and then turned back to Cloud. "I only joined SOLDIER to be able to see him. He looks so much cooler up close!"

"I guess…but he looks kind of angry," Cloud stated. Zack gave him an odd look.

"He does?" he said. Cloud nodded. He turned back to look at the silver haired SOLDIER and saw Sephiroth glance at him from the corner of his eyes before turning away. Cloud blushed and turned away without saying anything.

The image changed again.

This time Cloud was sitting beside Sephiroth as they travelled in a truck. Cloud seemed a bit anxious as he resisted the urge to move around. Sephiroth immediately noticed his unrest and decided to comment on it.

"Why are you so restless?" he asked.

"We're heading towards Nibelheim and it's my home town. I haven't been there in a long time," he whispered. Sephiroth remained quiet and then nodded.

"I give you permission to go visit your family," he stated. Cloud smiled happily and looked away with a blush on his face.

"Thank you," he whispered.

Another change.

"Sephiroth!" Cloud shouted as he exited the mansion that Sephiroth had been hiding in. His eyes were wide as he saw the scene before him. His hometown, Nibelheim, was burning to the ground. Everyone was dead on the ground. Cloud could see that his own house was up in flames.

"Mother!" he shouted as he rushed inside. He saw his mother dead on the floor. He growled angrily and rushed out of the house. He dashed towards the Mako reactor where he knew Sephiroth would be.

"Sephiroth!" he screamed in rage.

"Sephiroth!" Cloud shouted as he woke up in the infirmary. The nurse came to his side immediately and checked him over. Cloud pulled away from her and then stood up. He rushed out of the room and went to his locker.

He had to get out of there now. He grabbed his things and headed towards the entrance. Suddenly one of the classroom doors opened and a man stepped out. Cloud caught a glimpse of silver hair and green eyes before he exited the building.

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